A Stroudsburg native served as Lincoln's substitute in the Civil War

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln hired a man from Stroudsburg to represent him in the military? The grave of that man, John ...
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Abraham Lincoln statue unveiled outside African American Civil War Museum

President Abraham Lincoln signed the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 162 years ago this week. To celebrate, dozens of people gathered for the unveiling of a new presidential statue outside the ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Pritzkers donate Lincoln's Civil War order to blockade Southern ports to state museum

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The Vindicator

TTH lecture looks at Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War will be the topic of the next — and next-to-last — Trumbull Town Hall lecture. Louis Masur, a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, will ...
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Abraham Lincoln's Civil War order to block Confederate ports donated to Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The document in which Abraham Lincoln set in motion the Union's military response to the launch of the U.S. Civil War is now among Illinois' prized papers of the 16th ...
Collegiate Times

Newman Library unveils Lincoln, Civil War exhibit

Virginia Tech is kicking off an exhibition on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War in Newman Library today, along with a corresponding speaker series. “Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War” will ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press

Review: In ‘Lincoln’s Peace,’ Michael Vorenberg searches for an end date of the Civil War

"LINCOLN'S PEACE: THE STRUGGLE TO END THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR" by Michael Vorenberg (Alfred A. Knopf, 438 pages, $35). Abraham Lincoln wanted peace, for the war to end. He expressed his desire to "bind ...